The applicants would then take the voice-over service, which audibly reads the test question, at which point Babayan would give them the answers. Sending ringers to do your dirty work is clearly an unreliable, old-school approach, so crooks have started resorting to technology. Unemployed Michael Babayan, 49, helped hundreds of people pass their test by concealing mobile phone hands-free kits under their headscarves.

He was handed a nine-month prison term, suspended for two years, and handed 200 hours of community service. The 26-year-old roped in a ‘ringer’ to sit his 19th test for him, but was caught out when staff at the Driving Standards Association realised the stand-in didn’t match the picture that was on Mohammed’s provisional licence. He later pleaded guilty to fraud and was fined £1,500 by Croydon magistrates.įailed your driving theory test 18 times? Can’t afford a shoddy mask? Well why not take the approach of 26-year-old Ali Mohammed from Birmingham. But why bother learning The Highway Code and answer all those pesky test questions correctly when you can just pay someone else to impersonate you wearing a mask? Guillaume De Vendrines, a man in his 30s, wore a latex mask to pass as a 60 year old candidate for whom he was trying to sit the written theory test. From wearing a latex mask to pass as a 60 year old to bribing the examiner with money, we have shortlisted all the top stories on how to get that driver’s licence you long for - the idiot’s way. With this in mind, we’ve put together a little guide which reveals all the craziest ways to cheat on your driving test. People are desperate to pass their tests and they’ll do anything it takes to do so.

Last year, another five tried to offer cash bribes to examiners for a pass, while twelve were reported for physical attacks and 175 for verbal abuse on the examiner. On average, five learners a day try to cheat their way to a test pass by sending someone to take it for them.

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